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Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include reducing crime and victimisation, sentencing, parole, and bail policy, domestic and international criminal law, family law, youth justice, legal aid and access to justice, enforcement and protection of civil rights and interestsLand Information
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include the system for managing land titles, geodetic and cadastral survey systems, topographic information, hydrographic information, managing Crown property, and decision-making around foreign ownership of sensitive land and businessRMA Reform
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include leadership on Resource Management Act reform matters and setting the strategic direction for the environmental management system.Regional Development
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include leading and coordinating government support for regionally focused initiatives to enhance economic development opportunities in regional New Zealand.Ethnic Communities
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include supporting ethnic and culturally diverse communities in New Zealand.Mental Health
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include the oversight of strategic and policy matters within the health system relating to mental health and addiction services and supports.Tourism and Hospitality
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include supporting and promoting tourism and hospitality.Media and Communications
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include driving and delivering the government's broadcasting and media policies (including the diversity and accessibility of broadcast content, broadcasting standards, and the regulation of the print media), the regulation of the telecSmall Business and Manufacturing
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include building relationships with small businesses and their representative organisations, championing initiatives across government which benefit small businesses and the manufacturing sector, and ensuring the characteristics of smalResources
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include the petroleum and minerals regulatory system, leadership on policy and legislation governing the upstream management of New Zealand's petroleum and mineral resources, and promoting and attracting investment to the upstream petroEnergy
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include ensuring well-functioning and competitive energy markets, promoting energy productivity and efficiency improvements, and supporting the transition to a lower emissions economy.Science, Innovation and Technology
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include leading the science and innovation system and setting the direction for government investment, and for biotechnology matters and policy relating to genetically modified organisms.Digitising Government
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include leadership of the overall strategy and direction for government's digital modernisation and digital service delivery. Also includes responsibility for the Government Chief Digital Officer function.Emergency Management and Recovery
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include oversight of the emergency management system, coordinating the government response and recovery for emergencies caused by geological or meteorological hazards, public education about emergency preparedness, risk identification,Hunting and Fishing
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include matters relating to recreational and commercial hunting of deer, tahr, chamois, and feral pigs on public conservation land; freshwater sports fishing; game bird hunting; sports fish and game management; herds of special interestTrade
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include protecting and advancing New Zealand's trade and export interests.Regulation
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include improving the quality of regulation in New Zealand.Space
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities relate to space and high-altitude regulation, policy and sector development activities, and space and emerging aviation-focused matters.Social Investment
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include the design and implementation of the social investment approach, including the strategic policy framework, standards, the data and evidence infrastructure needed, and programmes to better understand the impact of social sector sTertiary Education and Skills
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities relate to tertiary education and skills matters, including the Tertiary Education Strategy and international education matters.Courts
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include oversight of the administrative support for the courts system and independent judicial decision-making, the collection of fines and reparations, service of court documents, and enforcement of civil judgment orders.Fund launched for community-based initiatives to strengthen Aotearoa’s resilience to disinformation
NewsIssue date:A one-off fund to provide financial support for community-based initiatives that build resilience against the harms of disinformation has been estAotearoa New Zealand's first National Security Strategy launched
NewsIssue date:Aotearoa New Zealand’s first National Security Strategy has been launched on 4 August 2023. Secure Together Tō Tātou Korowai Manaaki will guide New Zealand’s approach to national security over the coming years.Transport
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include investment in transport infrastructure and services, regulation, and developing the transport system to maximise economic and social benefits while minimising harm.Health
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include the overall functioning and operation of the health system, community health, health workforce, and aged care.Finance
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include managing the government’s balance sheet, its economic and fiscal policy, the Budget process, representing New Zealand’s interests at international financial institutions such as the World Bank and the International MonetaryRevenue
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include the overall working of New Zealand’s tax system.Expert group launched to counter disinformation
NewsIssue date:Nine specialists from across New Zealand have been appointed to a multi-stakeholder group to provide advice to Government on countering disinformation.Workplace Relations and Safety
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include the health and safety at work regulatory system and the employment relations and standards regulatory system, including the over-arching employment relations framework and prescribed minimum standards, such as the minimum wage aImmigration
Ministerial portfolioResponsibilities include leading the policy and strategic direction for the immigration system, certifying immigration instructions which set the rules and criteria for the grant of visas and entry permission, and decision-making in regard to individualAuckland
Ministerial portfolioThis responsibility has an advocacy and coordination focus, with the Minister responsible for providing oversight and ensuring a whole-of-government approach is taken to matters affecting Auckland.Lifting the resilience of New Zealand’s critical infrastructure
NewsIssue date:Recent events, such as Cyclone Gabrielle, have demonstrated the interconnected nature of New Zealand’s infrastructure system, where outages in one sector can quickly cascade across the entire system.